Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-05
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
I'm His Rural Home n An Englfsh
Country Gentleman.

| Country Gentleman.
| pA>crNG WITH THE FARMERS WIVES AND HIS
| cHAMBERxsrD-THE PRISckss ~ TIE PARTNER OF
HER Butler OK COOK.
| From the New York sun.
| LONDON OctoOer 3-Much as the Prince of Wales
enjoys the artificial life Of the court and the Lon
don season, he is never so thoroughly his true
| iOv1al self as when he filings on the tall hat and
| formal taiIorings Of Cockneydon and dons the
country rig for good time in his country home.
sandringham was well chosen for the future
King OF England. II is the typical country house
In the typical English county Norfolk Is a sports
mans paradise, and its shores are Tapped by the
waves Of The breezy North Sea. sandringham lies
out OF { e main railroad highways. so that 1t has
fair privacy, yet it Is easily reached from north
| and south. The mansion lies few yards from the
| pretty cad, and you pass thr ugh a splendid set
old city Of Norwich, the county town OF Nor
folk. The site Is elevated, but the house
lies low, or rather nat, on the rich, velvety
as new billiard table. II is not at all striking In
appearance. but has good old English style In its
cha,te simplicity. new wing has recently been
aided. II might be mistaken for one or the chapeis
which some OF the older mansions have attached
Iothem. bat this Is somewhat otherwise, being the
gorgeous ballroom, built according 20 the princes
own taste. The tone OF this noble hall Is exceed
ingly rich and yet, for wonder cheerful, as much
/
when II was opened. and many brilliant spectacle
has II presented.
The prince is the most hospitable country squire
concelVaole, ana were II possible he would have q
ball every night for everybody. There are three
grand IornalIties In each sedSon-the county ball,
the farmers ball, and the servants ball. The
former Is the grandest and most exclusive affair
IN English country life; only county people" are
invited and great are the heart-burnings that fol-
low the perusal OF lists accepted or rejected. At
SIndrngham House this function is observed with
strict etiquette, and yet the poorest country par
son ana the most impecuniOu5 Of the now sorey
Impoverished gentry are not only invited, but re-
celve specially cordial welcome. The farmers
. III explains ITSELF and many happy farmers
WE regales her town friends with recolectlons OF
her nrst dance with the prince as partner.
Inc servants ball is neither less brilliant nor
less hearty than the others sometimes the staff
a body, the French, Danish. and German damsels
from London wing with the old-faShioned matrons
and country lasseS OF Sandringham 10 the arts and
graces. Inc prince always leads on with the
housekeeper or upper chambermaid, and the
princess with perhaps the butter cook, and once
,ns p9nderOGs but wfuLy jolly" Duchess OF Teek
who drives the princess chaise. There is no
stuckuplshneSs about these entertain
and hostess in the grand old English
way all the time, and make every one feel quite at
home But let any one presume by On hairs
prince finds prompt but graceful way OF leaving
a lasting mark on the unlucky boor. l may as
wei mention here the supprrs gwen the laoorers
.
Christmas These are rOusng at drs-plenty OF
roasted beer, plum pudding, and ale; and though
edlly opposed 10 royalty. they know no stint in
their enthusiastic cheers Tor their landlord en-
employer, As you would find could you near them
roaring the cdoruS, "For hes jolly good fellow"
The VARIOUS rOOms OF Sandringham House are
elegantly and lightly decorated Or the most part
10 'realnN, white and gold These rooms run along
the main side OF the house. cling the garden.
The famous portrait OF Landseer, by himself, and
dozen oiner pictures OF worldwide popularity,
through their engravings. give you the Keeling OF
being welcomed by Old friends. The more sombre
dining room Is IN brown and gold; its gnarled and
cdrytd Old olken pilisters and the richly 1oriatej
ceiling are well set of by the gorgeous Turkey car
pet We stepout or this into the billiard ROOM dark
aud solid, and rom II inIo the American bowling
alley, with It's long inclined planes and grooves
aud Cushioned pewS high over all for the ladies'
on the wall opposite 10 the windows Is a pino-
rdmic painting VI the scene, In the bringing home
the prince AID there, in the garden, right .cing
the window. sits the great, SOU It. orazen Buddha
the 10 hest-lookIns god eve adored by Bacchan lis
or BrahlninS. He beams with CONTAGIOUS smiles
as NE sit, there la sublime content Ia his huge
pagoda. fair. lat and forty tons at least.
The bowling saloon leads into large and we'll
stocked gun-roon, which ends that wing Of the
house The bedrooms are furnished In red, blue,
white, japanese, and other styles. The garden Is
get peep, into Edens OF flowers and bowers and
now liinitleSs view ross the miles OF pines and
bracken To the CLASSY sea a few miles ahead. The
garden and grounds would need a column TO
barely name Is CHARMS. Everywhere are signs OF
new ideas, tracks diverted. openings m ide In
woody knobs, and new drives cut throu n the
vast bracAen tracks, 80 that you drive about the
park you ave constant succession or surprise
views BY and by you come all Unexpectedly
den oeds m into the w sRa Italian ogssy
nook bounded by trees. that look thick as
forest-a spo, wherein nature appears
10 be cad gardiner, assisted, no doubt by we'll
concealed art The refreshing irregularity OF the
view here, the absence OF scissors and milliner's
prinness, the luxuriant don'G-care-ishness of the
hLppy-go-lucky SHRUBS and trees and bosses or
guTSe delight the soul with the grace OF free
dom denled 10 the cut-anu-dried garden plots;
and, 10 complete the lila ion, there roam the elkS
and the newly-arrivej rend er, browsing placidly
near the llrtlftcilD rock-uouud rverlake as wild
IN It's Mimic cdtaracts as II IL had popped down
out o, a Typical sky. Away In the distance are
the thou and red and faiiow deer, and IRON the
/ tops OF these high trees come tue screeches OF
| Lord BeacohsfieIdS peacOckS that once paraded
the terraces OF husnenden. We pass the tennis
court, tIe same as that in which tue Char,ese5
piayej the game In 81. james Park two hundred
| years ago A little way OF. in a coy nook Is
the Bdc ielOrS' Cottage, IN whose dOyen the
single guests OF Sludringnaln House sleep the steep
Ol JAe Jl5;, just when and how they choose \
good Kitchen sl8g- that creature COMFORTS are
| not Impossible Of procurement, even at unloly
hours II need be- You soon loS- your way In the
tangled N ize Invented IN the distant ages 10 as
slsJ true lovers In learning the art Of lingering
IIere are the pilrlal stables where seventy aristO-
cratic horses enjoy existence when the rlniIy are
| at nome The farm Is adjoining, where we cannot
now lInger Our Way lie, far across the stretch OF
woodland, where the rui1y sand OF the new broad
0rIEe strSea harmonious contrast WITH the dainty
green shoots oftne iarches and 1rS, the frowzy
brown or the rabbit-ndunted heath. Now we
reach the dainty swiss chalet, perchrd lust over
lovely valley, where the Princess gives her picnic.
ana cosey Afternoon teas at or the drive ami from
| whose gldss-walIed tower 4 .hly telescope
/ sweeps from the eyercnanging landscape scene to
| the snl.nmering
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